Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11166 Actinidiaceae 
Saurauia stichophlebia Diels or aff. 
conspecific to coll. 11184 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; hill forest with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 
2700’ (823 m). 
coll, sequence 11,146-11,174; 2 m understory shrub; twigs red; 
most parts with setiform hairs red at the base and distally 
translucent; leaves thick, fleshy, conferted, bullate, adaxial 
surface dark dull green, abaxially light green, underleaf costae 
red; inflorescence nodding; peduncle and bracts red. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1,166 
date: Sept. 13, 1996 
det.: WT 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11167 Thelypteridaceae 
cf. Sphaerostephanos 
keys to this or Christella 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ 
E; hill forest with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 
2700’ (823 m). 
coll, sequence 11,146-11,174; terrestrial fern; stipes and rachis 
purple-brown; vasculature (rachis) a V-shaped strand; rachis 
hairs setiform, retrorsely arcuate; frond pinnate, costae grooved 
on upper side, lowermost segments highly reduced, abrupt 
transition to normal pinnae; lamina herbaceous, upper surface 
dark green, medium green beneath, margins coarsely toothed; 
underleaf glabrous, apparently aglandular; sori exindusiate, 
sporangia lacking hairs or glands. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,167 
date: Sept. 13, 1996 
det.: WT; 11/97 
